Caledonian Railway & LMS

The origin of the Diagram 15 can be traced back to 1872 but it was only at the 20th century reorganisation of the diagram book that dropside wagons became Diagram 15. Dropside wagons were allocated to the General Merchandise fleet, and provided the backbone of the Caledonian fleet for many years. The early examples were rated at 8 tons capacity, later examples were re-rated at 10 tons. After 1911 all new build, or refurbished vehicles were fitted with either side brake gear in place of the original pattern single shoe brake gear. However wagons could have single shoe either side or two shoe one or two sided brake gear. How many vehicles were fitted with either side break gear is not known.

These vehicles would be a common sight throughout the UK and especially near a major terminus or goods yard. One appears in a photograph of a Cambrian Railways breakdown train in 1920! Although built in large numbers few would have survived into the 1940's.

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Made from white metal our model has separate sides, ends, standard grease axleguards and white metal buffers. An embossed plastic floor is supplied. Parts to make either the single sided single shoe brake system or dual lever as required after 1911 are included. An instruction sheet is included with detailed lettering and painting information. The most recent Assembly Instructions can be down loaded. Current Version 3.00 released January 2003, 2 Sides A4 (51Kb Acrobat 3.01 file).

To read the instructions you will need Adobe Acrobat reader (v3.01 or better). Click 'Get Acrobat Reader' to get a copy of Acrobat Reader: Note this may involve a long download of between 0.5 Mb & 8 Mb depending on the selected version.

Don't understand our terminology? most terms and phrases are explained in our glossary.

Items required to complete the model:-

• Wheels: 12mm diameter open spoke wheels.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see Caledonian wagon liveries for product numbers.
• Three link couplings.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS or Caledonian Railway Association, see Caledonian wagon liveries for product numbers.

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Caledonian Railway Association

A list of railway book sellers may be found here.

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